Combined window-screen and weather-strip.



PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905.

H. BAGON. COMBINED WINDOW SCREEN AND WEATHER STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20,1904.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,936, dated February 28, 1905.

1904. Serial No. 213,357.

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, HARVEY EAGON, a citizen, of the United States, residing at New Oomerstown, in the county of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and l useful Improvements in a Combined WVindow- Screen and W eather-Strip; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in a combined window-screen and weather-strip.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character whereby when the window is closed an air and water tight joint will be formed at the lower edge of the same and when said window is raised the screen will be unreeled by the same, thereby covering the opening.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which will be simple in construction, strong, durable, and efiicient, and which when the window is closed will securely clamp and prevent the same from rattling.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

1n the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window, showing the application of the invention thereto, the parts being broken away and the window shown open. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through a window having the device applied thereto and showing the sash in closed position. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the sash raised and the screen covering the opening; and Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view of one side of the window frame and sash, taken above the screen-casing.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the window-frame. 2 denotes the sash. 3 denotes the outer sill of the window. Journaled in the sides of the windowframe near said outer sill and adjacent to the lower cross-piece 4 of the sash 1s a springroller 5, on which 15 adapted to be wound a l flexible screen 6, which may be of any suitable material, but which is preferably constructedof fine-mesh linen fabric. The outer edge of said screen is secured to the lower edge of the cross-piece 4; of the sash by means of a suitable attaching-stri p 7, so that when said sash raised the screen will be unreeled and drawn upwardly by the sash, thus covering the window-opening. The attaching-strip 7 has a rounded upper corner, over which the screen 6 extends.

The laterally-curved spring-metal casing 8 is secured to the outer sill 3 and is adapted to cover and protect the screen 6 when the sash is lowered and the screen wound upon the spring-roller 5. The casing 8 is secured to the sill 3 at its lower outer edge by means of a laterally projecting flange S), which is screwed down upon said sill. The upper inner edge of the casing 8 is formed with a head 10, which is adapted to engage the outer face of the lower sash-strip 4 when the same is in closed position. A down\vardly-curved cap strip 12 is secured to said outer face of the sash-strip 4i, and when said sash is lowered is adapted to engage the beaded edge of the casing 8, thereby forcing the same into tight engagement with said sash-strip, thus holding the sash against movement or rattling. The cap-strip 12 also forms a covering for the joint between the beaded edge of the casing and the sash strip 4, thereby preventing water or air from entering said joint, thus forming a perfect weather-strip and antirattling device for said sash, as well as a protective casing for the screen.

As hereinbefore stated, when the windowsash is raised the screen will be thereby unreeled and raised, thus covering the windowopening and preventing access of insects, &c. When the sash is lowered, the spring-roller will automatically wind the screen up within the casing 8.

A screen constructed and arranged as herein shown and described will be found to be convenient and eflicient and always in place and ready for use, thereby avoiding the arr noyance of removing and replacing a screen, as in the case of the ordinary frame-screen commonly used.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described combined windowscreen and weather strip, consisting of a spring-roller, rotatably mounted in a windm frame, a flexible screen, adapted to be wound and unwound about said roller, an attachingstrip having a rounded upper corner for attaching the outer end of said screen to the bottom of the lower cross-piece of the window-sash, whereby when said sash is raised, said screen will be unwound and raised in the vertical plane of the outer surface of the sash, a laterally-curved sprung-metal protectlve casing and antirattler secured at its lower edge to the outside window-sill, a bead formed on the upper edge of said casing to bear against nesses.

HARVEY .EAGON. \Vitnesses:

1). F. FRYER, C. B. MooaE. 

